Prorating-weir.



J. .0. (S; J. ,N- PENFIELD.

PRORATING WEIR.

APPLIOATION'IILBD NOV. 28, 1911.

' Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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PRORATING WEIR.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 28, 1911.

- Patentd Sept. 3,1912,

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PLANOORAPH C0,, WASHINGTON rnn miihbf enemas JUNCTION, COLORADO, As-

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r atentea s t. 3,1912. I

To allwhomitmdyconcem:

Be it known that W6,"JAMES G; PENFIELD' and JOHN N. PENFIELD, bothuofu Grand Junction, in the countyofvMesa and-State of Colorado, have invented'certain'new;and.

I 0 l useful Improvements in 'Proratlngwelrs;

' and We do hereby. declare the following-to be a full, clear, and exact descriptiomof the invention, such as will enablelothersi skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same: I vii Y The objectof our inv'entionpisito;provide an improved, simpleandj highly: eflicient' prorating weirf forf regulating. the flow-of i the claims.',--

water through the head gate-.zarid'jlaterals of an irrigating canal or ditcha iAnd e'a further object is to provide: simpl'ez'andreifi-j cient means for indicating any. tampering with the supply ot-wateri-allotted toLone or different persons. 1.:515flu'; ain-11 11! The invention will be ereinaft'erfifully setforth and particularlyipointed out in Mum Figurel-l In the accompanying dravvings,

is alongitudinal sectionali viewm Fig. 25' is across section on linei2' '-2,"Fig. :1.= -Fign3 is a plan view with' -parts ins'sec'tionand parts removed. Fig. 4 is a cross sectiomon line 44, Fig. '2, and;Figs.i 5 :an d: 6 fare, respectively, vertical sections =IO]1'1 lines 5+5, and 66, Fig. 4.. a. ma I Referringito the T drawings, 1- designates a housing, the bottom Z of -wh1ch--;is sufliciently wide to insure a' firmanchorage. Atits 'o'p-' posite ends this housing has laterally 1 p'ro-' jecting arms 2 which may-be embedded? in the banks of the irrigation 'ditch'topreve'nt lateral displacement of the -housin'g.-;=,'I he receiving end of the housing hasparallel walls 3 and 4, the former being 'formed with an opening 5 at its bottom, While Wall 4 has an opening 6 at its top. The inletppeniug 5 is controlledvby' a gatevalve.-7,the--con- -3, a' conventional formeof'; lock being-indi- .Ingordento v provide l for lateralldistribut1 0 n,0fwatermve have shown [the opposite walls;o1i the receiving chamber formed. with ,uppergoutlet openings, one ofwhichisin- ;d1 cated at 12, Fig. 1. Each 7 of these open- ,ings is designed-tobeclosed by a separate gate valve 13, of any preferredform of con struction; ,.These valves are also equipped, awith rods, such as 14, Which nay be secured ;by means of lock, conventionally shown -at 15,";toibars 16 extending from the side u'wall iofl th ho ng- .1 a; va ;;:-Intermediate the. -receiving chamber and; ithej-straight-away outlet 17 formed in the :upper'end ofwalllS, We locateian indicator .i for. automatically 1 recording any; tampering .1 :withi thelsupply through .1 either iof the lat- .ieralioutletsrior throughgthe end outlet. 1 ;.Ac-,-; iciording ito the means shown, a float, 20 is ilocated-abetween; an upper wall 21, beneath ,which ism-an inlet opening,.'22,.andv a lower ,Wall.n23,i paralleling; .-Wal1 21,. and above which :Wall23 is an outlet opening 24. ,This; .ifloatqcarries all-centrally disposed rod 25 ,wl1ich1 projects' upwardly through a superstructure-26 andcarries'at its upper end a head'27,;- hich islocated between parallel :nprights .,,28;Wl1l0h are mounted on the :superstructure 26." These parallel uprights zm'ay be provided, Withscales or graduation ion. one side, ,1 over, which, are designedjo itrayeldaterally;extending arms 29 of head -27, ,l the ends; of wsnch arms being reduced to; form 1 pointers. Opposite inner .,corners of -theeupri 'hts 28=are rabbeted' to accommojdatelsprlngrplates 30a'nd 31, each spring :ipla'te carrying two, sets of rack teeth, the lteeth; 32 ofrplatel3l being the reverse of the :teeth 53 of plate 30. ,At their oppositesides the; rabbeted-portions of the-two uprights are closed by fixed plates 34, each ofgwhich xis formed with a longitudinallyextending -slot, w.hile the front faces of the rabbeted; {:POIlliOIlSfdJIQ designed to be closjedbyremov- .iable plates 35,-each of which ,i s shownin Fig. 2 as hinged at its loWer,end and fastenednatjits; upper end, as;,by rrrneans of a 1 dock: 36. (gThQ head'27 is provided; vvithlat- :erally. extending arms 37, and, above and be :neath these arms; are designed to be located -pins, 38',- and ,39, ,the' former= .bei ng vabove Allie headnzandf the latter beneathqgtheshead.

1 1 :T-hesez pins extend-transversely ot fthe-yrack teeth fixed plates 34. The pins are inserted in plaeet when lates-35 areunlocked, and each inches, whereupon such latter gatels locked. I This is continued in connection 1 :with the ;,pi 11 isp rovi ed with a collar'oi' other means" for preventing it from: being drawn out} 'warai through the slot in its respective plate 34:. The descent of the float will cause the lowering of pin 39, pin 38 remaining in the a position in awhicheitwas, originally,

placed, while the ascent" of the float will effect the raising of-pi rf 38fpin39 remain-' ing unmoveda a -'1npractice, let I it v be assumed that one 'hundredcubi'c-inches of water-are designed to'be utilized. The head gate? of the-"receiving-opening 5 is'raised and when the arms '29of-theindicatorshow the presence of the desired quantity of water, gate 117 is loc'kedso as to' make the passagethrough the housing constant. 5 the=uscr who is to besuppliedthrough-one of the'lateral opendesiresfsay, aconstant supply "not twenty-five cubic inches of water-{the gate 13 controlling his supplyis opened until the indicator :arms recordseventy-five cubic ot-her lateral', and 'when alljof the gates have T been fixed the cover plates 35 5 are unlocked and thel tell-tale .pins '38 and 39 are placed,

iy -above andb l fh 7; The

position of the' floa'twill' be constant as long aslthe inlet andoutletvalves remain "in"thir= adjusted:positions." If any one by obtainmore water than was intended, 'the float' will necessarily lower, since the quantity of water passing through the end outlet;l 7 will be correspondinglylessened.

should tamper with either valve, and there- T he lowering-of the float will cause pin 39 'to: move downwardly, the spring' plate of the"rack teeth*giving sufliciently to allow such 'pin to move downwardly, but such rack teeth preclude the pin ,from being restored to its former position or moved up wardly-= without unlocking the respective plate'35. Should the person who 'isreceiv- -ingthe' water going out" throughqthe end opening 17 obstruct the laterals, or either of them,=so' as to obtain-for himself an additional supply of water, the float will rise, pushing upwardly pin 38, the spring plate 31 of the other set of rack teeth givingsuihthrough the laterals or ciently tolallow such pin to so'move. "In. either event, the altered position of pin :38

or pin 39 will'disclose that the supply either the end outlet has been changed. Q x:;- i

Although" we have shown and described the preferred means for carrying'outour "invention, yet it will bel understood that changes may be made in the "construction and arrangement of the parts without departin {from the spirit of the inventionh i We ave's'hown'the' reeeiving chamber as rovidedxwithftwo lateralputlets, but it is obvious that these may be entirely dispensed vi-th or the ..,number,thereof may. be ,in-

creased. r

The advan g 'of'our inventionwill be apparentto those skilled inftheart, It be, seen that by means thereof the flow of water through the device may be made constant-and that any variation inbehalf of one userfat' the expense of another will" be "readily indicated by the changedposit-ion of one of the indicator pins.

e claim as our invent-ioni.

' 1 13111 a prorating-weirthaving' aninlet and an outlet'for the water,.ineans for controlling the inlet, means for rendering such inlet constant, means actuated by the water:

passing through the weir, and means actuatedby the last mentioned means forcindicating the maximum and miminum of the quantity or the passing water QJA prorating weir having. a-.water let, means for controlling the inlet, means ZfOl'1e1ldIlI1 SuCh inlet constant, a plu rality ofriin'dep'endent outlets, means 0perated by. thehwater passing through the 'weir, andmeans actuatedv by thelast amen-,

tione'd means for indicating the-maximum and minimum quantity of the passing Water Vin-any of thewoutlets.- m c- 3. A proratlng weir having an iihlet,

means for controlling such :inlet, means fore rendering-such inlet constant, an end outlet, a '-lateral:zoutlet,-; means controlling such lateral outlet, means for fixedly holdin the lastflmentioned means, means actuated by the swaterspassi'ng through the-*weir -andr means operated bythe last mentioned means for indicating any variation'through either outlet.

4:. A 'prorating :weir com rising a housing having an inlet'and out et for water, a

-elements when so .moved. 7

'- -6. lll-ie combination with a weir, of an in dioatmg devicejcomprising'a vertically mov- "table -member, means: actuated by the water passing through i the weir for changing the position of such member-,- ipins projecting above and belowsa=idi=member and'rdesign'ed to be moved thereby in its upward or downv ward travel, and means for engaging and holding said pins when disengaged by said member.

7. The combination with a weir, of an indicating device comprising a vertically movable member, means actuated by the water passing through the weir for changing the position of such member, pins projecting above and below said member, guideways for said pins, and oppositely disposed yield-- ing rack bars with which said pins engage for holding said pins in the positions into which they may be moved by said member.

8. The combination with a weir, of an indicating device comprising a vertically movable member, means actuated by the water passing through the weir for changing the position of such member, pins projecting above and below said member, guideways for said pins, oppositely disposed rack bars with which said pins engage for holding said pins in the positions into which they may be moved by said member, and spring plates for holding said rack bars in their normal positions.

9. The combination with the housing having a water inlet and outlet, and means for regulating such inlet, of an indicator comprising a float, a vertically movable member carried by said float, uprights between which said member is located, pins projecting from said uprights and extending above and below said member, oppositely arranged rack bars mounted in said members for holding said pins in the positions into which they may be moved by said member, and

plates for inclo-sing said rack bars and pins.

10. In a prorating weir, the combination with a housing having an inlet and an end outlet, and one or more lateral outlets, of valves for regulating the inlet of the water and the outlet through the lateral or laterals, means for fixedly holding such valves, a float actuated by the Water passing through the weir, a vertically movable member carried by said float, said float being designed to rise or fall in the event of any change in the outlet through the lateral or laterals, indicating devices in engagement with said vertically movable member, one of said devices being designed to be moved upwardly by such member and the other designed to be moved downwardly by such member, and means for fixedly holding such devices in the positions into which they may be moved by such member.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES C. PENFIELD. JOHN N. PENFIELD. Witnesses:

WM. WEIsER, T. F, LoUGHRAN.

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